Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14633, Eleazer Dowse, Mass.

SERVICE
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Mass
Howse, Eleazer Mary
W. 14633
CONTENTS

Massachusetts - 3778
Mary Dowsa, widow of Eleazer Dowsa,
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 12 th January 1826, of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Chadwick of the Regt. commanded by General in the Mass'ts line for 11 m. 27 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 4 $ 8 3/4 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Aug. '39 and sent to Isaac Fiske, E. Cambridge, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. - $139.55
Semi-annual allowance ending
22.92
$160.47
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, Book A Vol. 15 Page 83.

Dowle

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss: On this twenty seventh day of August A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty eight personally appeared before the judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Middlesex Commonwealth aforesaid, Mary Douse a resident in Holliston in said County, widow - aged eighty three years & five months, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th A.D. 1838 - entitled "An Act granting half pay Pensions to certain widows" &c - That she is the widow of Eleazer Douse late of Sherburne in said County of Middlesex, deceased, who was a Soldier in the army of the Revolution, & served as she has always understood & believed, first, eight months in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five in a company commanded by Captain Chadwick in Col. Gridley's Regiment of Infantry as a private, & in Cambridge or that vicinity after a part of that time - secondly, he was drafted & served as a private in Captain Amos Perry's company & Regiment as she believes in Rhode Island about two months. this was in the year 1777 and thirdly, he served as a private, but whether by draft, enlistment or as a substitute, she is not informed, in the year 1777 in the company of Capt. in Col. Ballard's Regiment - In this last service he went to Bennington & Saratoga as she thinks, as she has heard him say he was present at Burgoyne's surrender, & he served at this time four or five months, - but of the last two periods of
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Service she is not sure she is right as to the number of months, but must refer to the proofs, herewith exhibited to the rolls in the War Department - her husband was resident in Charlestown, in said county of Middlesex at the time or immediately before the he entered the eight months service which he did by voluntary enlistment - and he was a resident in Sherburne, when he went into the service, at the other two later periods - she has heard him say that he acted as waiter to Col. Samuel Bullard, on his northern tour of service above mentioned - she has no discharge or other document to prove said service, she has never seen any - and she further states that she was married to said Eleazer Bullard  Dowse on the sixteenth day of May A.D. eighteen hundred eighty two, at said Sherburne, by the Rev. Elijah Brown the settled minister of that town - her maiden name was Mary Bullard & her husband at that time was Eleazer Dowse junr - her said husband died on the twelfth day of January A.D. eighteen hundred & twenty six. As she has remained unmarried ever since his said decease - she was not married prior to her said husband's leaving the service, but prior to the first day of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four - (1894) at the time above stated
She wad, "in said county of Middlesex" & "Dowse" were interlined before signing
Mary Dowse
Subscribed by said Mary Dowse & known to me in open court the day & year first above written before
J. P. P. Fay Judge of Probate
It is supposed, that in the term of service at Saratoga & he went in the company from Sherburne, but in that company he was enlisted or annexed to, the evidence is not certain - He acted as waiter to Col. Bullard & no doubt his name will be found in some company of his regiments - J. P. P. Fay

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
I Isaac D. D. the Prothonotary of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Samuel D. D. is the true and correct copy that his signature written on the foregoing paper is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this seventh day of June in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty nine
Isaac D. D. Pro.

I Danna Douse of Brighton in the County of Middlesex aged fifty two years do depose & say that Eleazer Douse late of Sherburne in said County, deceased, was my father - That he died twelve years ago last January & his widow Mary Douse, my mother is now living & is a resident in Helliston & has not been married since the decease of her said husband the said Eleazer Douse - I have often heard him speak of his being out in the army during the revolutionary war, & heard him name places where he was such as Lichmere's Point, Cambridge, Rhode Island & Bannington Saratoga, but do not recollect the time or under what officer he served further I say not -
Danna Douse
Middlesex ss. Aug. 27 th 1838. Personally appeared Danna Douse a respectable & credible citizen of Brighton & made oaths to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed before me
J. P. P. Day J. P. P. & J. P. P.
Commissioner of the Court of Sessions
Middlesex ss. I Aaron Bicknell Esquire of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Samuel Day Esq. is the Judge of said Court & that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twentieth day of June A. D. 1839
Aaron Bicknell Esq.

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No Deduction Isaac Fiske Cambridge Mass.

I Joel Coolidge of Framingham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, testify and say that in the year 1777, I served four months in the Army of the Revolution, in the Company of Militia commanded by Capt Joseph Wink of Framingham and in the Regiment commanded by Col Samuel Bullard of Sherburne, in the vicinity of Lake George and Stillwater, opposing the British Army under Genl Burgoyne. Eleazer Dowe of Sherburne was in the same Regiment with me, and served as waiter to Col. Bullard, and afterward was married to Molly the daughter of Col. Bullard. I was always acquainted with Mr. Dowe after the War, unlike at the time of his death, and am confident he served out his four months faithfully. I further testify, that at the time the Fleets and Armies of the British and French were in the vicinity of Newport on Rhode Island, I went to Rhode Island under the command of Capt Amos Perry of Sherburne. We were gone about two weeks, working on the Fortifications &c. This service was in the month of July. In September following I was drafted again and marched under Capt Amos Perry to Rhode Island and was there at the "Great Storm". We were drafted for six weeks, but were kept there somewhat longer; I should think from the best of my recollection, we staid nearly or quite two months. Eleazer Dowe of Sherburne was there with me I am confident during this last service of two months and I believe he was there with me the two weeks in July, but I am not so confident of this as I am of the two months service . I am now seventy nine years of age. Furthermore your Deponent saith not.
Joel Coolidge.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. Framingham August 23 d 1838. Then personally appeared the above-named Joel Coolidge and made oath before me that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is true. And I further certify that I am personally acquainted with said Coolidge and say with confidence he is a credible Witness.
Dalton Pseudolius, Justice of the Peace.

I Joseph Douse of Sherburne in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say, that I am now seventy eight years of age, that in my youth I lived in Charlestown in my Father's family, that before the Battle at Bunker Hill we fled to the Country leaving my elder Brother, Eleazer Douse at Charlestown. After the Battle on Bunker Hill, we heard that my Brother, Eleazer Douse had enlisted into the Army, and in the Autumn following I went down to the Army to find him, and found him in a Fort in the town of Cambridge and staid one night with him. I recollect clearly that he belonged to an Artillery Company in what was called the "eight months service". I left him in Camp the next day, and saw him no more till the next winter, when he came home from the Army, and I well remember it from the circumstance that he had caught the Itch. Further your Deponent saith not. JOSEPH DOUSE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. Sherburne August 23 d 1838. Then personally appeared before me, the above named Joseph Douse and made Oath, that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is true. And I further Certify, that the above named Joseph Douse, is one of the most conscientious, sober Men that I have ever had an acquaintance with; and in my opinion he is a credible Witness.
(Dalton Goulting, Justice of the Peace)

I Nathan Knowlton of Framingham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, testify and say, that in the year 1777 I served four months in the Army of the Revolution, in the Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Joseph Winch of Framingham, and in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Samuel Bullard of Sherburne. Eleazer Douse of Sherburne served in the same Regiment and was writer to Col. Bullard and afterwards was married to Molly the daughter of Col. Bullard and is now the widow of said Douse. I was well acquainted with said Douse until the time of his Death, and am confident said Douse served four months, in the vicinity of Lake George and Stillwater in pursuit of General Burgoyne's Army. Furthermore your Deponent saith not.
Nathan Knowlton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. August 23 d 1838. Then personally appeared the above named Nathan Knowlton and made Oath that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is true. - And I further Certify that said Knowlton is a man of sound mind & memory and in my opinion a credible Witness.
(Dalton Goulding, Justice of the Peace.)
I Gilbert Marshall of Framingham in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts of lawful age, testify and say, that at the time the French Fleet and Army were at and near Newport in the time of the Revolutionary War the Company of Militia commanded by Capt David Dorrance of Framingham, of which I was a member, was ordered to Rhode Island for the defence of the French Fleet, as I recollect now. I served in said Company and acted as Sergeant. I there became acquainted with Eleazer Douse of Sherburne who was there on duty in the same Regiment with me, and I think he quartered at the next house, it being the house of one Dwyer where I quartered. I saw said Douse daily while I was there, and was acquainted with him afterwards at Sherburne. I served about two Weeks at that time, and have no doubt that said (Douse) served as long as I did, as the Regiment was all dismissed together. Further your Deponent saith not.
Gilbert Marshall

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. August 23 d 1838. Then personally appeared the within named Gilbert Marshall and made oath before me, that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is true. And I further certify, that the said Gilbert Marshall is, in my opinion, a credible Witness.
Dalton Goulding, Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Elias Munney Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the County of Middlesex, do certify that Dalton Goulding Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex, and that his signatures to the foregoing four certificates are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed, the Seal of said Court the twenty seventh day of August 1838.
E. Munney
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Town Clerk's Office County of Middlesex } Sherburn Aug 23 1838
I Alphus Clark hereby certify that the following is a true copy from the records of said Town now in my possession "Eleazer Dows Jr & Mary Ballard were Married May sixteenth one thousand seven hundred and eighty two by Rev. Elijah Brown" with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "May 16 th 1782."
I Alphus Clark above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me Alphus Clark. Clerk of the Town of Sherburne
Middlesex S. August 23 d 1838. Then personally appeared the above named Alphus Clark and made oath that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me Dalton Goulding. Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Elias Hovey Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the County of Middlesex, do certify that Dalton Goulding Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within upon said County of Middlesex, and that his name subscribed, to the within certificate is his genuine signature. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed, the Seal of said Court the twenty seventh day of August 1838. —
E. Hovey, Clerk

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14633
Mary Douse Widow of Eleazer Douse Bur. Mass Line
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. a , Page 189
[Arrangement of 1870.]

FREE
L. Edwards Esq., Commemoranda of Bendire's Washington
5374 Ms. A. 9. 2. 11 7 July 1838
Miss Davis Mid of Eliza

Massachusetts. Middlesex Co
East Cambridge June 7, 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Inland is the application of Mary Dorese for a Pension, when examined & asked upon her oaths to me in relation thereto
I am respectfully, Yours
Isaac Dimes

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 26 th 1839
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the Name of Eleazer Douse is borne on a Roll of Capt. Chadwick's Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment of Artillery Stationed at Fort N o 3 in Charlestown - that he enlisted May 13 th and it further appears by said Roll, that he was 23 Years of age, by occupation a Leather choper. He served in the Company as a Walthrop. - the above mentioned Roll is dated September 20 th 1775. and Signed "Joseph Chadwick Captain."
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John O. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.